Tethys

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Tēthys, yos, f., = Τηθύς,

I a sea-goddess , wife of Oceanus , and mother of the seanymphs and river - gods; acc. Tethyn, Ov. F. 5, 81: Tethyos neptes, id. ib. 5, 168; Verg. G. 1, 31; Cat. 64, 29; 66, 70.—

II Transf., the sea , Ov. M. 2, 69; 2, 509; Luc. 1, 413; Sil. 3, 60; Mart. Spect. 3, 6; Sen. Herc. Fur. 886.

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